Upper airways locations of plasmocytoma.

We report one case of extramedullary plasmocytoma located in the nasopharynx. After 8 years, the tumor recurred in the same location and 3 years later, the patient develop a multiple myeloma. Three clinical and pathological entities of plasmocytoma are described: multiple myeloma, solitary bone plasmocytoma and extramedullary plasmocytoma. When histological examination show plasmocytoma, further examinations can or not reveal a multiple myeloma. In 80% of cases, extramedullary plasmocytoma occur in the upper respiratory tract. This development of multiple myeloma from extramedullary plasmocytoma is seen in 5 to 32% of patients and sometimes an extremely long time is required for the change to occur. The treatments are surgery and radiation in the absence of generalized disease.